From 1975-81 Pepe studied Media & Communication at Freiburg University and was a founding Member of Media Workshop Freiburg (MWF). He has completed about 30 films/videos as author/director in the filmcollective MWF and in 1978 he won the National Documentary Award for the "entire output" of MWF. He became a member of the European Film Academy in 1994 and graduated from the European producers school EAVE in 1995. In 1994 he won an Academy Award (Oscar®) for the Live-action Short "Black Rider". In 2000 he won the National Film Award (Lola®) for Best Director for "Homegame". Beside his work as a director/writer, Pepe works as a teacher (directing films) at various film schools in Germany (dffb in Berlin, film academy in Ludwigsburg, ZFP) and works as a dramaturgical advicer and producer for documentary films. Currently he is working with Austrian director Michael Glawogger (Megacities) as creative partner/co-producer on his new film "working man's death". He is creative partner of producer Mirjam Quinte (Quinte Film Production) and is a commission editor at the National Cultural Film Fund (BKM) in the Ministry of Culture of Germany.

2006/7 TO THE LIMIT
DocuFiction (and last part of the trilogy of sport),
Starring: Alexander and Thomas Huber
produced by Hager Moss Film Munich, Quintefilm Freiburg and Lotus Film
Vienna, released by Kinowelt (D) and Filmladen (Ö) and Frenetic (CH),
worldsale by Telepool Munich,
DVD released by Kinowelt/arthouse.
* "Silver Gentian" for best artistic technical contribution at the Trento IFF
* "Documentary of the month" and "Prädikat Wertvoll" by FBW Germany
* Nomination for European Film Award for Best Documentary

2006 A DAY OF PASSION
20 min., a world-wide-trader movie for BMW,
inspired by the film „Night on Earth�� from Jim Jarmusch,
produced by Bigfish Filmproduction.
HUMAN VOICES
Written and directed for the stage by Pepe Danquart,
inspired by his film „In the Heart of Light"
produced by Bar jeder Vernunft Berlin (Lutz Deisinger),
Musical Director: Christoph Israel

2005/6 WORKINGMAN'S DEATH
127 min., (directed by Michael Glawogger), as Co-Producer and Creative
Consultant,
produced by Lotus Film, Vienna, Quintefilm, Freiburg and arte G.EI.E,
Strasbourg.
* Best Documentary Golden Apricot Filmfestival, Yerevan
* Golden Gate Award, San Francisco IFF
* Best Documentary FICCO, Mexico
* Seeds of War Award, Durham IFF
* CHP: Dox Award, Kopenhagen IFF
* Grierson Award, London IFF (ex aequo with Werner Herzogs "The white Diamond").
* FIBRESCI-Jury Prize, Leibzig DokFilmfestival
* Lola, German Film Award for Best Documentary